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Re: Why Is African Traditional Religion Seen As Demonic? by Tiphareth(m): 10:59pm On Nov 03, 2013 |
alnaijiri: |
Re: Why Is African Traditional Religion Seen As Demonic? by MamiWata: 1:05am On Nov 04, 2013 |
beejaay: i live here in naija. U wanna give me one??wil surely look up to it Unfortunately the only Nigerians I know are the ones met in Benin and the U.S. I've spent most of my life in the U.S. I lived in Benin for maybe three years altogether. However there were so many traditional people there. Is it really so hard to find practitioners in Nigeria? Even the villages? |
Re: Why Is African Traditional Religion Seen As Demonic? by alnaijiri(m): 1:29am On Nov 04, 2013 |
Tiphareth: Did you mean the Library of Alexandria burnt in 624 ? Nope, the one in Baghdad that was destroyed in the Mongol Invasion of Iraq. |
Re: Why Is African Traditional Religion Seen As Demonic? by beejaay: 7:17am On Nov 04, 2013 |
MamiWata:nigeria case is realy pathetic i tell ya |
Re: Why Is African Traditional Religion Seen As Demonic? by MamiWata: 12:07pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
beejaay: nigeria case is realy pathetic i tell ya In that case keep in mind that there are many people who believe vodun and orisha are really the same spirituality. So if you are Yoruba and agree you are invited to look one to three houses over as Togo and Benin have many traditional people. |
Re: Why Is African Traditional Religion Seen As Demonic? by thoth: 1:17pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
So from discussing Traditional Religion to Mahmood Almajiri Bin Khomeini trying to convert us to Islam and now to MamiWata either trying to initiate Beejay or find him a Water Spirit Wife. Every thread on nairaland is a wonder on its own. |
Re: Why Is African Traditional Religion Seen As Demonic? by igbo2011(m): 6:02am On Sep 03, 2015 |
Religion is the opium for the masses... |
Re: Why Is African Traditional Religion Seen As Demonic? by CHARLOE(m): 10:44am On Dec 23, 2015 |
adahib:Couldn't have put it better, @ bold, so succinct! There're some passages in d bible, deuteronomy i think, that talks about d children of israel been sold as slaves in ships across d ocean, in bonds of iron around their neck and losing their identity. Some say those verses refer to d blackman, who can throw more light on this |
Re: Why Is African Traditional Religion Seen As Demonic? by cbravo2: 4:19pm On Apr 20, 2017 |
EXISTENCE OF PHILOSOPHY IN TRADITIONAL AFRICA:A HERMENEUTICAL APPROACH http://www.bravoprojecthelp.com/philosophy/existence-of-philosophy-in-traditional-africa/ |
Re: Why Is African Traditional Religion Seen As Demonic? by sharpwriter(m): 11:26am On Oct 20, 2021 |
thoth:God of mercy..... Na wa o.... Now my question is who are those with these secrets. I know something like this can be practiced in the celestial churches (I'm not demonizing them). I have always had the hunch that there are more secrets in Christian practice than the populace and general worshippers know about (maybe I'm just thinking wild). I mean not many Christians can harness and wield powers like this, they only believe in the use of a name (don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating for the practice of evil). I know things like the above are kabbalistic in nature or at least, its use requires the presence of some sort of learned prophet who understands the system. Like other religions and our African Traditional Religion, it seems it is only the initiates that are given access to the core secrets of each religion. Though we don't know of such in the Christian faith, what people use is Jesus name, but then, for deep issues and problems, it is then pastors, prophets begin to dish out special psalms, combination of psalms or other portion of the Bible with materials such as sand, olive oil, water, etc. And these things are for those with the knowledge, it doesn't make them evil unless the purpose of use is to do evil. I noticed from the movies also that apart from the general mainstream way of exorcism in the Christian faith by simply casting out devils in Jesus name, the Roman Catholic church have books on exorcism where directions and words written in Latin are used for that purpose. My question is that, where do those books come from? Who opened their understanding (some of our prophets) that those books can be used and that it works? Why are those instructions on how to overcome problems not known by many practisers of the religion? If you have other insights, I would be happy to know and learn. The only answer I have for now is that it is from the kabbalah and the Jewish masters /rabbi who knows how to wield them and kept the secrets and pass it down to other initiates. But how did they come by these secrets? Was it from God? And even at that many worshippers are still suffering from one thing or the other while nobody with these secrets really cares. |
Re: Why Is African Traditional Religion Seen As Demonic? by sharpwriter(m): 12:19pm On Oct 20, 2021 |
PAGAN9JA:Boss, are you Yoruba? If yes, I get somethings I wan ask you. I don PM you. |
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